U.S. CANCER GROUP LAUNCHES MASS CANCER STUDY
The American Cancer Society said it was looking for half a
million volunteers willing to let researchers watch them for the
next 20 years to see if they get cancer.
The aim is to match similar big studies in Europe and Asia that
are looking on a large scale for the environmental and lifestyle
factors that cause cancer, the second-leading cause of death in
the United States after heart disease.
"This type of study involves hundreds of thousands of people,
with diverse backgrounds, followed for many years, with
collection of biological specimens and assessments of dietary,
lifestyle and environmental exposures," Eugenia Calle, managing
director of analytic epidemiology at the American Cancer
Society, said in a statement.
"It also requires active follow-up to discover if and when study
participants develop cancer."
